Britain Cloned Its First Dog And Named It Mini Winnie

Smith's 12-year-old daschund, Winnie, is "the best sausage in the
whole world," so Smith entered a contest that would see the
winner's pet cloned, a procedure that would have otherwise cost
£60,000. She entered some videos and says it
"rollercoastered from there."

A sample of Winnie's tissue was stored in liquid nitrogen and
sent to a South Korean cloning company called Sooam Biotech. Her
cells were put into an egg from a dog of the same breed, and on
March 30, Winnie's clone was born.

Smith was present for the birth: "I saw it being born and it
looks exactly like Winnie. It is identical. Personality-wise I
couldn’t tell you because it doesn’t see and it doesn’t hear yet
— it is just a little sausage dog that wriggles around drinking
milk."

Smith won't get to take "mini Winnie" home for some time —
quarantine rules will require the new dog to be on its own for
six months to ensure its health.